Short-Term Vegetation Dynamics of Alnus Dominated Peatlands: A High Resolution Palaeoecological Case Study from Western Pomerania (NE Germany)

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-302

  Barthelmes, Alexandra ^a   Gerloff, Dörthe ^a   de Klerk, Pim ^b   Joosten, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alnus carrs; High resolution palaeo ecology; Macrofossil analysis; Palynology; Salix scrubs; Western Pomerania (NE Germany)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFORESTATION; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

POMERANIA;

ALNUS; SALIX;

EID: 78049527558     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-010-9063-8     Document Type: Article

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